Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to